O Word: Why the Focus on Obesity is Harmful to Community Health

Focusing on the obese and overweight individual alone and is not helping us address the broader social and economic issues that influence people’s lives. This paper discusses strategies to remove us from a focus on the O word and from blaming the individual for their condition.

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Veröffentlicht in:Californian journal of health promotion 2005-09, Vol.3 (3), p.154-161
Hauptverfasser: Cohen, Larry, Perales, Daniel P., Steadman, Catherine
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